Steve H Graham
06-28-2015, 6:06 PM
Now that I have my woodworking tools functioning, I want to make a box. Just a box. No specific purpose. I want to try some dovetails and just basically prove that I can do something.
I am looking at the wood I have available, which is some black walnut and some mahogany I cut myself. I can make a walnut or mahogany box, or I can make two sides with one wood and two from the other, but I think it would be kind of boring to look at.
I had an idea for livening it up, and I am posting to see if it's practical. If I have strips of wood 3/8" thick, can I joint them and fasten them side by side with glue and expect the joints to be strong enough to stand up to further work? Having a couple of strips of mahogany in a piece of walnut would make it visually more interesting.
I made a Telecaster-style guitar just by jointing wood and gluing it together without fasteners or biscuits or anything, so I figured I could do the same thing with a box.
I am looking at the wood I have available, which is some black walnut and some mahogany I cut myself. I can make a walnut or mahogany box, or I can make two sides with one wood and two from the other, but I think it would be kind of boring to look at.
I had an idea for livening it up, and I am posting to see if it's practical. If I have strips of wood 3/8" thick, can I joint them and fasten them side by side with glue and expect the joints to be strong enough to stand up to further work? Having a couple of strips of mahogany in a piece of walnut would make it visually more interesting.
I made a Telecaster-style guitar just by jointing wood and gluing it together without fasteners or biscuits or anything, so I figured I could do the same thing with a box.